Get property

The following example shows you how to get a property of a file.

C# example

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Independentsoft.Webdav;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            NetworkCredential credential = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");

            using (WebdavClient client = new WebdavClient(credential))
            {
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://myserver/dav/");

                Property contentType = await client.GetProperty("documents/report.pdf", DavProperty.GetContentType);

                if (contentType != null)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Content type: " + contentType.Value);
                }

                // A property in another namespace; null when the file does not have it.
                Property author = await client.GetProperty("documents/report.pdf", new PropertyName("author", "http://example.com/ns"));
                Console.WriteLine("Author: " + (author != null ? author.Value : "not set"));
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Threading.Tasks
Imports Independentsoft.Webdav

Namespace Sample
    Module Program
        Sub Main(args As String())
            RunAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult()
        End Sub

        Private Async Function RunAsync() As Task
            Dim credential As New NetworkCredential("username", "password")

            Using client As New WebdavClient(credential)
                client.BaseAddress = New Uri("https://myserver/dav/")

                Dim contentType As [Property] = Await client.GetProperty("documents/report.pdf", DavProperty.GetContentType)

                If contentType IsNot Nothing Then
                    Console.WriteLine("Content type: " & contentType.Value)
                End If

                ' A property in another namespace; Nothing when the file does not have it.
                Dim author As [Property] = Await client.GetProperty("documents/report.pdf", New PropertyName("author", "http://example.com/ns"))
                Console.WriteLine("Author: " & If(author IsNot Nothing, author.Value, "not set"))
            End Using
        End Function
    End Module
End Namespace

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